Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality)

ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

The Sure Reality!

The Reality!

مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

What is the Sure Reality?

What is the Reality?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

And what will make thee realise what the Sure Reality is?

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the reality is!

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

The Thamud and the 'Ad People (branded) as false the Stunning Calamity!

(The tribes of) Thamud and A'ad disbelieved in the judgment to come.

فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

But the Thamud,- they were destroyed by a terrible Storm of thunder and lightning!

As for Thamud, they were destroyed by the lightning.

وَأَمَّا عَادٌۭ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍۢ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍۢ

And the 'Ad, they were destroyed by a furious Wind, exceedingly violent;

And as for A'ad, they were destroyed by a fierce roaring wind,

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًۭا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍۢ

He made it rage against them seven nights and eight days in succession: so that thou couldst see the (whole) people lying prostrate in its (path), as they had been roots of hollow palm-trees tumbled down!

Which He imposed on them for seven long nights and eight long days so that thou mightest have seen men lying overthrown, as they were hollow trunks of palm-trees.

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ

Then seest thou any of them left surviving?

Canst thou (O Muhammad) see any remnant of them?

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

And Pharaoh, and those before him, and the Cities Overthrown, committed habitual Sin.

And Pharaoh and those before him, and the communities that were destroyed, brought error,

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةًۭ رَّابِيَةً

And disobeyed (each) the messenger of their Lord; so He punished them with an abundant Penalty.

And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, therefor did He grip them with a tightening grip.

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

We, when the water (of Noah's Flood) overflowed beyond its limits, carried you (mankind), in the floating (Ark),

Lo! when the waters rose, We carried you upon the ship

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُنٌۭ وَٰعِيَةٌۭ

That We might make it a Message unto you, and that ears (that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance.

That We might make it a memorial for you, and that remembering ears (that heard the story) might remember.

فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌۭ وَٰحِدَةٌۭ

Then, when one blast is sounded on the Trumpet,

And when the trumpet shall sound one blast

وَحُمِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ فَدُكَّتَا دَكَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ

And the earth is moved, and its mountains, and they are crushed to powder at one stroke,-

And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted up and crushed with one crash,

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

On that Day shall the (Great) Event come to pass.

Then, on that day will the Event befall.

وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ وَاهِيَةٌۭ

And the sky will be rent asunder, for it will that Day be flimsy,

And the heaven will split asunder, for that day it will be frail.

وَٱلْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰٓ أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ ثَمَٰنِيَةٌۭ

And the angels will be on its sides, and eight will, that Day, bear the Throne of thy Lord above them.

And the angels will be on the sides thereof, and eight will uphold the Throne of thy Lord that day, above them.

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌۭ

That Day shall ye be brought to Judgment: not an act of yours that ye hide will be hidden.

On that day ye will be exposed; not a secret of you will be hidden.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ هَآؤُمُ ٱقْرَءُوا۟ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

Then he that will be given his Record in his right hand will say: "Ah here! Read ye my Record!

Then, as for him who is given his record in his right hand, he will say: Take, read my book!

إِنِّى ظَنَنتُ أَنِّى مُلَٰقٍ حِسَابِيَهْ

"I did really understand that my Account would (One Day) reach me!"

Surely I knew that I should have to meet my reckoning.

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

And he will be in a life of Bliss,

Then he will be in blissful state

فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍۢ

In a Garden on high,

In a high garden

قُطُوفُهَا دَانِيَةٌۭ

The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

Whereof the clusters are in easy reach.

كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ هَنِيٓـًٔۢا بِمَآ أَسْلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَيَّامِ ٱلْخَالِيَةِ

"Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

(And it will be said unto those therein): Eat and drink at ease for that which ye sent on before you in past days.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ بِشِمَالِهِۦ فَيَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُوتَ كِتَٰبِيَهْ

And he that will be given his Record in his left hand, will say: "Ah! Would that my Record had not been given to me!

But as for him who is given his record in his left hand, he will say: Oh, would that I had not been given my book

وَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا حِسَابِيَهْ

"And that I had never realised how my account (stood)!

And knew not what my reckoning!

يَٰلَيْتَهَا كَانَتِ ٱلْقَاضِيَةَ

"Ah! Would that (Death) had made an end of me!

Oh, would that it had been death!

مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنِّى مَالِيَهْ ۜ

"Of no profit to me has been my wealth!

My wealth hath not availed me,

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَٰنِيَهْ

"My power has perished from me!"...

My power hath gone from me.

خُذُوهُ فَغُلُّوهُ

(The stern command will say): "Seize ye him, and bind ye him,

(It will be said): Take him and fetter him

ثُمَّ ٱلْجَحِيمَ صَلُّوهُ

"And burn ye him in the Blazing Fire.

And then expose him to hell-fire

ثُمَّ فِى سِلْسِلَةٍۢ ذَرْعُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعًۭا فَٱسْلُكُوهُ

"Further, make him march in a chain, whereof the length is seventy cubits!

And then insert him in a chain whereof the length is seventy cubits.

إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

"This was he that would not believe in Allah Most High.

Lo! He used not to believe in Allah the Tremendous,

وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

"And would not encourage the feeding of the indigent!

And urged not on the feeding of the wretched.

فَلَيْسَ لَهُ ٱلْيَوْمَ هَٰهُنَا حَمِيمٌۭ

"So no friend hath he here this Day.

Therefor hath he no lover here this day,

وَلَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا مِنْ غِسْلِينٍۢ

"Nor hath he any food except the corruption from the washing of wounds,

Nor any food save filth

لَّا يَأْكُلُهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱلْخَٰطِـُٔونَ

"Which none do eat but those in sin."

Which none but sinners eat.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِمَا تُبْصِرُونَ

So I do call to witness what ye see,

But nay! I swear by all that ye see

وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

And what ye see not,

And all that ye see not

إِنَّهُۥ لَقَوْلُ رَسُولٍۢ كَرِيمٍۢ

That this is verily the word of an honoured messenger;

That it is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger.

وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

It is not the word of a poet: little it is ye believe!

It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe!

وَلَا بِقَوْلِ كَاهِنٍۢ ۚ قَلِيلًۭا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

Nor is it the word of a soothsayer: little admonition it is ye receive.

Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember!

تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

(This is) a Message sent down from the Lord of the Worlds.

It is a revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

وَلَوْ تَقَوَّلَ عَلَيْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلْأَقَاوِيلِ

And if the messenger were to invent any sayings in Our name,

And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us,

لَأَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ بِٱلْيَمِينِ

We should certainly seize him by his right hand,

We assuredly had taken him by the right hand

ثُمَّ لَقَطَعْنَا مِنْهُ ٱلْوَتِينَ

And We should certainly then cut off the artery of his heart:

And then severed his life-artery,

فَمَا مِنكُم مِّنْ أَحَدٍ عَنْهُ حَٰجِزِينَ

Nor could any of you withhold him (from Our wrath).

And not one of you could have held Us off from him.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَتَذْكِرَةٌۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

But verily this is a Message for the Allah-fearing.

And lo! it is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil).

وَإِنَّا لَنَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مِنكُم مُّكَذِّبِينَ

And We certainly know that there are amongst you those that reject (it).

And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it).

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

But truly (Revelation) is a cause of sorrow for the Unbelievers.

And lo! it is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers.

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَقُّ ٱلْيَقِينِ

But verily it is Truth of assured certainty.

And lo! it is absolute truth.

فَسَبِّحْ بِٱسْمِ رَبِّكَ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

So glorify the name of thy Lord Most High.

So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Lord.